{"id":1666,"date":"2009-01-21T18:14:56","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T23:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2009-01-21T18:14:56","modified_gmt":"2009-01-21T23:14:56","slug":"so-much-for-my-upgrade-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2009\/01\/21\/so-much-for-my-upgrade-path\/","title":{"rendered":"So Much for my “Upgrade” Path"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s been a major change in my plans to eventually “upgrade” to a 64-bit OS (probably the 64-bit version of Windows 7). Namely, the idea that it could be an “upgrade” at all.<\/p>\n

There apparently is no upgrade path from any Windows 32-bit edition to any Windows 64-bit edition<\/strong>. If you’re going to make the jump, you have <\/em>to do a clean install.<\/p>\n

Major<\/em> bummer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s been a major change in my plans to eventually “upgrade” to a 64-bit OS (probably the 64-bit version of Windows 7). Namely, the idea that it could be an “upgrade” at all. There apparently is no upgrade path from any Windows 32-bit edition to any Windows 64-bit edition. If you’re going to make the… Continue reading So Much for my “Upgrade” Path<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[23,198,62,97,24],"class_list":["post-1666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","category-technology","tag-computers","tag-hardware","tag-microsoft","tag-software","tag-windows","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-qS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2549,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2009\/05\/08\/upgrading-from-vista-to-the-windows-7-release-candidate\/","url_meta":{"origin":1666,"position":0},"title":"Upgrading from Vista to the Windows 7 Release Candidate","author":"Keith Survell","date":"May 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"My attempt at upgrading from Vista to Windows 7 RC ends in disappointment - I blame directory junctions for the problem. 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